A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
John Bruce Douglas
Birthplace:
Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
Born:
July 13, 1938
Died:
January 25, 2022
John Douglas was an American filmmaker, photographer visual artist, and activist born on July 13, 1938 in Lake Forest, Illinois. He attended Harvard University for about year, then Studied art at Boston University while working as a painter. In 1961, he was drafted into the United States Army. He subsequentaly bought a farm in Putney, Vermont. In 1967, he met Robert Kramer and joined the activist filmmaking collective Newsreel. That same year, he and Tom Griffinco-directed Strike City, a documentary following plantation workers striking for a livable wage in Mississippi. In 1969, he traveled to Hanoi, North Vietnam, and filmed The People's War. He later co-directed Milestones with Robert Kramer. In 1975, Milestones won the Critics’ Choice at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1981, he moved to Charlotte, Vermont. In 1983, he co-directed Grenada: The Future Coming Towards Us, which documented the new Grenadian democracy under Maurice Bishop. He died on January 25, 2022.
Director:
1967 Strike City
1969 Summer '68 (Newsreel #505)
1970 The People's War
1975 Milestones
1983 Grenada: The Future Coming Towards Us
2007 RIFF 1&2
Director of Photography:
1967 Strike City
1969 Summer '68 (Newsreel #505)
1970 The People's War
1975 Milestones
1983 Grenada: The Future Coming Towards Us
2007 RIFF 1&2
Editor:
1967 Strike City
1969 Summer '68 (Newsreel #505)
1970 The People's War
1975 Milestones
1983 Grenada: The Future Coming Towards Us
2007 RIFF 1&2
Producer:
1967 Strike City
1969 Summer '68 (Newsreel #505)
1970 The People's War
1975 Milestones
1983 Grenada: The Future Coming Towards Us
2007 RIFF 1&2
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